SEPTEMBER NEWLETTER FROM CED

NEWS FROM CED, Mumbai

We are presently in the process of expanding our online database . Now you can in the comfort of your home check our entire list of documents (more than 12,000) online!

This is the link to our Online Catalog www.doccentre.net

NEW CED PUBLICATIONS
Our comprehensive backgrounder on NGOs and People's Movements- `The Long and Winding Road' has now been translated and published in Hindi, in a bid to reach out to more people.

Each edition is priced at Rs. 150/-. If you would like a copy, write to us, and we can get it mailed to your doorstep.

DEVELOPMENT DIGEST ISSUE 06
DD 06 is on the stands. Priced at Rs. 35/-. (Subscription for 12 issues Rs.295/-, 40% discount for members) we think itâ€™s a steal!

With articles dealing with issues like Violence and Political Culture, Education as a Medium for Social Change, Conservation of Water, this issue is a must read for those interested in development and social transformation.

HAPPENINGS
For our ongoing documentation project on the Status of Education in India, we require information from individuals and organisations involved in the field of alternative education. This material can be in the form of Methodologies and case studies that give an overview to the kind of work that the organisation or person is involved in. This effort will culminate in a workshop at Timbaktu Collective, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, where through an exchange of ideas between like minded organisations, the practice of alternative education can get the necessary impetus it needs to go mainstream. Contact Tanvi for more details.

DCM10 to be held on 10-14 DEC -2004
The 10th Documentation Centres Meet where organisations involved in Information and Documentation from across India will meet to discuss and debate various issues facing the trade. The problems to be discussed are the overload of information and the shrinking spaces for real engaging discourse in the age of quick projectsâ€¦

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PUNE BOOK FAIR NOV 24-28 ...
We will be participating in the Pune Book Fair, to be held from the 24-28 November 2004, at New English School Grounds, Tilak Road, Pune 30, between 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. CED will be having a stall selling our latest publications and other books, on which we are giving special discounts. Hope to see you there!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIPS
CED invites applications from students, social activists, development workers and journalists, who wish to take time off from their routine activities and devote time to study, research, share and reflect on the social justice and development issues.

The Scholarship is both short-term (up to 3 months) and long term (up to 8 months) and can be part-time or full-time. The Scholarship provides support for living costs, travel and documentation.

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ADDITIONS TO CED BOOKSTORE AND LIBRARY

From thought to action: Building Strategies on Violence against Women, by Kapur, Aanchal, Muttoo, Sanjay and Bisht, Suman (A50.K.2.)

Human Rights - According to Syllabus recommended by Bar Council of India by Chandra, U (B83.C.7.)

Economic Survey 2003-04, by Government of India (F00b.G.4.)

Virtual Worlds - Culture and Politics in the age of Cybertechnology, by Nayar, Pramod K (P60.N.1.) Investigating Social Capital - Comparative Perspectives on Civil Society, Participation and Governance by Prakash, Sanjeev and Selle, Per (Q40.P.5.)

NEW BOOKS FOR SALE
Poverty A Global Review Edited by Else Oyen, S.M.Miller and Syed Abdus Samad Price: Rs.895/-
Life at the edge of existence. This predicament is shared by the equivalent of the population of the Russia, U.S.A, Europe and the number is increasing every year. Poverty is still the gravest insult to human dignity. Poverty is the scar on humanity's face. Poverty is prevalent despite decades of international efforts to eradicate it.

Policies and Strategies for tribal Development by Meenakshi Hooja Price: Rs.395/-
This book analyses the changes in approaches,strategies and schemes for tribal development in India over the various Five Years Plan periods. Special attention has been paid to the problems and achievements of tribal development programmes and administrative arrangements in India's Central Tribal Belt.

Research for Social Workers-Edition-2 Margaret Alston & Wendy Bowles Price: Rs.750/-
As social work practice becomes increasingly sophisticated,the role of research in social work is becoming more critical.Today,research is relevant to just about every area of social work practice,from determining needs in the initial stages of an action and finally,to evaluating practice.

New Diamentations & Challenges for Human Rights by Janusz Symonides Price: Rs.650/-
This book has been prepared by UNESCO with the aim of creating an international teaching aid for institutions of higher education.The book presents the interelation and interdependence between human rights,and peace,democracy,development and the environment.

Empowerment by John Joseph Puthenkalam Price: Rs.775/-
Empowerment is the new name for development with a human and shining face. Empowerment is a movement from power of the elite to the power of the people. In this new century, Poverty alleviation would continue to be a myth until we redefine the idea of power.This is to be done in the framework and context of the poor people.

Genescapes by Stephen Nottingham Price :Rs.580/-
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are being released into the environment on a massive scale.

The Real World of NGO's by Dorothea Hilhorst Price Rs.580/-
Against an international context where NGOs are still seen,in many official development agencies,as the saviours and sources of hope for an otherwise disappointing development process,Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empricially rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the everyday politics,actual internal workings, organisational practices and discursive repertories of this kind of organisation.

Unholy trinity by Richard Peet . Price:Rs.680/-
This book comes from the committed efforts of a group of faculty,graduate students at Clark university,Worcester,Massachusetts. The idea was to produce a critical study of three powerful global institutions-the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation. Set in the historical context.

The Economics tales by Hunger and World Bank . Price: Rs.580/-
Everything in this book happened: the facts,the figures,the dates,the interventions by the World Bank,the interview with civil servants and potential importers are true. Even the Cabinate Paper is quoted verbatim.

No Paradice Yet Edited by Judith Mirsky & Marty Radlett . Price: Rs..480/-
The Women's movement was probably the most influential social phenomenon of the last quarter of the 20th century. Many governments were forced to respond to its calls for change. Yet,at the beginning of the 21st century,millions of women worldwide are still denied the most fundamental rights.

Hungry Corporations by Helena Paul & Ricarda Steinbrecher. Price: Rs.580/-
This book demonstrates that a handful of companies have gained an alarming level of control over the food chain through the industrialisation of agriculture, the forces of globalisation,and the vertical and horizontal business.

The Future of Revolutions Edited by John Foran MADAYAM Rs.680/-
The 20th Century was Pre-eminently an age of revolutions-in Mexico,Russia,China and numerous other countries-which fundamentally transformed the nature of political and social arrangements

Naming the Enemy by Amory Starr MADAYAM Rs.680/-
The 1994 Uruguay Round of GATT (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) institutionalized 'the right to free trade' as having precedence over human,civic,environmental,workers' and governmental rights.

Global Finance by Walden Bello,Nicola Bullard & Kamal Malhotra. Price :Rs.580/-
In July 1997 the Thai Government 'floated' the baht,setting in motion a series of international financial events which quickly become known as the Asian Financial Crisis.

Moving Mountations Edited by Geoff Evans,James Goodman,Nina Lansbury.Price: Rs.580/-
The editors would like to thank each of the contributing authors for making time to write about their involvement in issues of corporate mining,and their organisation for supporting this project.

Best Practices in Poverty Reduction Edited by Else Oyen et al Price:Rs.480/-
This book is an examination of the use of best practices for more efficient poverty reduction. It is also a tool to help develop a more systematic approach to the understanding of what constitutes best practice.

Law & Poverty by Lucy Williams,Asbjorn Kjonstad & Peter Robson. Price Rs.680/-
In recent Years,poverty alleviation,reduction or even eradication and abolition of poverty has moved up the international agenda,and the CROP network is providing research-based information to policy-makers and others responsible for poverty reduction.Researchers from more than 100 centuries have joined the CROP network,with more than half coming from so-called developing countries and countries in transition.

Holding Corporations Accountable by Judith Richter. Price Rs.680/-
This book is an up-to-date examination of recent experience in seeking to regulate large corporations. At a time when the giganic transnationals have a huge impact on human health,the environment working conditions and the economic prospects of nations, this book explores whether it is sufficient to continue relying only on industry self-regulation.

Women Resists Globalisation Edited by Sheila Rowbotham & Stephanie Linkogle. Price Rs.580/-
The last three decades have seen the emergence of a wide range of women's grassroots organizing,both in movements that are exclusively female and within others where women play a significant part. They have developed on a global scale,running alongside the feminist movements which have packed and ebbed in the same period.Women Resist Globalisation focuses on just two areas of resistance: movements asserting livelihood needs and movements around rights and democracy.

Feminists doing Development by Marilyn Porter & Ellen Judd MADHYAM. Price: Rs.580/-
This book brings together a variety of feminist activists and academics,from both North and South, engaged in development to answer these questions. Each describes her project and its feminist rationale,and analyses it through three fundamental challenges

Thinking Differently Edited by Gabriele Griffin & Rosi Braidotti MADHYAM Rs.680/-
This book is the first to ask whether there is a specially European dimension to certain major issues in Women's Studies.It strives to create a Synergetic debate among different disciplines and cultural traditions in Europe,and in doing so,fills some gapes in our knowledge about women and enriches debates hitherto dominated by Anglo-American influences.

The Terror of POTA and Other Security Legislation : A Report on the People's Tribunal on the Prevention of Terrorism Act and other Security Legislation. Edited by Preeti Verma. Price :Rs200/-
Post 9/11, many countries enacted legislation purported to counter terrorism and strengthen national security.

Supreme Court on Children by Aparna Bhat, Human Rights law network. Rs.200/-

From thought to Action: Building strategies on violence Against women.Price Rs.200/-

Right to Food : Editors:Colin Gonsalves, Vinay Naidoo, P.Ramesh Kumar, Aparna Bhat. Price:Rs.250/-
The first volume of Right to Food provides the resources and materials on which the campaign for the Right to Food in India must be based. Contained in this volume are the multiple orders of the Supreme Court, resulting from the historic case of PUCLVs UOI and ORS.

The One-Straw Revolution :Masanobu Fukuoka, Edited by Larry Korn. Price Rs.90/-

In The One-Straw Revolution, Fukkkuoka, today considered one of the most outstanding organic farmers of our century- describes the events that led to the development of his natural farming methods and the impact these have had on his land, on himself and on the thousands of people who have learnt from his technique.

Privatization of Rivers in India. by Arun Kumar Singh. Price Rs. 100/-. VAK
Privatization as a solution to the water crisis proposed a model of water management structure, that relinquishes all control over water resources to the domain of the market forces and thus marginalises the role of the state and the rights of communities. The institutionalization of this type of model will inevitably lead to the cartelization of Inida's fresh water resoucres, ecological devastation and social conflicts.

Dalit Cultural Movement. Gopal Guru. Price Rs. 50/- VAK
The Dalit cultural movement in Maharashtra performed two historical functions. One, it created its own powtry, folksongs and musical instrument in order to satisfy the cultural needs and aspirations of the Dalit masses. Two, it created a radical context for the emancipatory politics lead by Dr. Ambedkar and later on by several committed Dalit leaders.

Lessons From Gujarat. Price Rs. 150/-. Vikas Adhyayan Kendra.
Gujarat Carnage 2002 was shocing not only for its brutality but also because it posed explicit challenges to the civilisation, society,policy, and culture of India. It was not a mere despicable orgy of barbaric violence but an attempt to reconstruct India into a communal fascist society and state. The volume is not only a historical document but discusses issues crucial to secular and democratic practice in India.

Dancing To Global Capital. by Pranjali Bandhu. Price Rs. 150/- VAK
Globalisation is running roughshod over the Indian economy, mortgaging it to the imperialist robbers and usurers. The media and communication system are being used to further this neocolonial shacking. The book presents some aspects of how the sphere of information technology, internet, telecommunications, television, cinema, the newspaper and publishing industries are being affected in their economic structures and content by the globalisation process. The end result is before us: the spread of Brahminical, fascistic, communal, sexist, imitative, consumerist mentality, which is obstructing the development of democratic political set-ups and self-reliant and equitable national economies.